CVE-2016-1240

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.

CVSS v3.0

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

9.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2016-10-03

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2…
• Naramsim/Offensive1★ · 2017-01-11

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/tomcat_ubuntu_log_in…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2008-2938
• CVE-2014-1904
• CVE-2014-2064
• CVE-2016-1209
• CVE-2016-1247
• CVE-2016-11085